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Sizing TabControlBar

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7 Feb 2000 15  
Creates a dockable and resizable control bar.
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    This article extends the article CSizingControlBar - a resizable control bar by Cristi Posea.
    Webmaster's note: the CSizingControlBar class used in this code is an earlier version; follow the link above for the latest one.

    Features

    The Control bar like in DevStudio, which has TabControls with different Views (like TreeViews) and it can be docked and resized.

    Instructions

    Add the following class to your project:

    • CSizingControlBar
    • CSizingTabCtrlBar

    Add a member variable to CMainFrame (in mainfrm.h):

    CSizingTabCtrlBar m_wndSTCBar;
    

    Create the bar in CMainFrame::OnCreate(). Then set bar styles, enable it to dock... like any control bar. Be sure to add IDW_PROP_BAR to the "resource.h" and to add the bitmap IDB_TABIMAGES to your resources.

    // SizingControlBar
    
    m_wndSTCBar.Create(this, CSize(200, 1), IDW_PROP_BAR);
    m_wndSTCBar.SetBarStyle(m_wndToolBar.GetBarStyle() |
    	CBRS_TOOLTIPS | CBRS_FLYBY | CBRS_SIZE_DYNAMIC);
    m_wndSTCBar.EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);
    DockControlBar(&m_wndSTCBar, AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_LEFT);
    
    m_wndSTCBar.AddView("Database", RUNTIME_CLASS(CClassView));
    m_wndSTCBar.AddView("Files", RUNTIME_CLASS(CFileView));
    

    As you can see, the different views are added by calling

    m_wndSTCBar.AddView("Files", RUNTIME_CLASS(CFileView));
    

    Thats the only thing you have to do, to add a view!

    Override CMainFrame::RecalcLayout().
    Note: use the base framewnd class member function, ie if you have an SDI application replace CMDIFrameWnd with CFrameWnd below.

    void CMainFrame::RecalcLayout(BOOL bNotify) 
    {
    	CMDIFrameWnd::RecalcLayout(bNotify);
    	CMDIFrameWnd::RecalcLayout(bNotify);
    }
    

    To call a view from the Mainframe:

    CFileView* pView = (CFileView*)
    	m_wndSTCBar.GetView(RUNTIME_CLASS(CFileView));
    pView->UpdateView();	// or do anything else
    
    m_wndSTCBar.SetActiveView(RUNTIME_CLASS(CFileView));
    

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